Joakim Kemell News & Stories

Our scouts break down the 16th-ranked Nashville Predators.

The Predators' 2022 first-round pick is inching closer to the NHL. Victor Nuńo delves into his fantasy upside.

Mitch Brown takes you through the Nashville Predators' 18th-ranked system going into the 2024-25 NHL season with scouting reports and tools grades on its 18 best prospects.

Mitch Brown, David St-Louis, and J.D. Burke team up to rank the top 100 affiliated prospects ahead of the 2024-25 NHL season.

March's AHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Olen Zellweger, Zachary L'Heureux, Joakim Kemell, Artyom Grushnikov, and Nathan Gaucher.

The 2024 IIHF World Junior Championships are right around the corner. Cam Robinson has identified a smorgasbord of players capable of shining brightly and leading their countries to glory.

Daniel Gee takes you through the Nashville Predators' 10th-ranked system, with scouting reports and tools grades on their 15 best prospects.

The Elite Prospects 2023 NHL prospect ranking countdown continues with the 50th to 26th-best skater prospects.

The Nashville Predators prospect hit a snag this season in Liiga and Lassi Alanen is here to look at why and how he can get over it.

Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen kicks off this month's Stock Watch with a look at Finland, offering updates on Aku Räty, Ville Koivunen, Eetu Liukas, Joakim Kemell, and Niko Huuhtanen.

The December prospect stock watch starts with Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen's status update on Finland.

David St. Louis and Mitchell Brown breakdown performances from 52 drafted prospects at the World Junior Championships.

Lassi Alanen breaks down the Finnish performance from the World Junior Championships.

Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen breaks down a Finnish roster that has its eyes set on avenging their gold medal loss in the summer World Juniors.

The EP Rinkside Prospect Pool Rankings continue with the Nashville Predators 15th-ranked system.

The Elite Prospects affiliated skater prospects ranking countdown comes to an end with J.D. Burke's writeup on the 25 best prospects yet to establish themselves as full-time NHLers.

Cam Robinson looks at some of the best performances and some of the mostly-good performances from the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championships.

Mitch Brown highlights a quintet of standout performances from the final two days of the World Juniors' preliminary round.

Elite Prospects lead scout David St-Louis checks in from the first two days of the World Juniors, highlighting several key performances from the tournament.

The Elite Prospects scouting group teams up for this roundtable article where they share their favourite picks from the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

Elite Prospects Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen dives into Joakim Kemell's game tape to look at one of the draft's best finishers, examining how he could be so much more at the NHL level with a few tweaks.

EP Rinkside Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson ranks the top 75 prospects on his personal board for the 2022 NHL Draft.

Elite Prospects Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson mocks the first round of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, making a selection for every team from the first overall pick right up to 32nd overall.

The Elite Prospects scouting team has assembled a new draft ranking for the 96 best prospects in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.

Cam Robinson looks at some of the best shooters in the 2022 NHL Draft class and breaks down what makes them so dangerous.

EP Rinkside Dir. of Film Scouting Cam Robinson mocks the first 16 picks of the 2022 NHL Entry Draft after the draft lottery set the order for the first half of the first round.

David St-Louis looks at the top performances from to see which players might have jumped up the draft boards and which players fell.

J.D. Burke was in Landshut and Kaufbeuren, Germany for the entire 2022 U18 World Hockey Championships, and he shares his observations on the standout prospects from the tournament.

EP Rinkside lead scout David St-Louis looks at the first-time draft-eligible players with the most to prove at the U18 World Hockey Championships in Landshut and Kaufberen, Germany.

EP Rinkside Dir. of European Scouting Lassi Alanen breaks down the Finnish roster for the 2022 U18 World Hockey Championships.